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Only let him come; let him unfold
that volume of his which I can prove that Erucius wrote for him, which they say that he
displayed to Sextus Roscius, and threatened that he would mention everything contained
in it in his evidence. O the excellent witness, O judges; O gravity worthy of being
attended to; O honourable course of life! such that you may with willing minds make your
oaths depend upon his testimony! In truth we should not see the crimes of these men so
clearly if cupidity, and avarice, and audacity, did not render them blind.
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